Ministry of Health (New Zealand)

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Ministry of Health
Māori : Manatū Hauora
Jurisdiction Health policy
legal form Public Service Department
Legal basis State Sector Act 1988 and Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992
Headquarters Wellington
Establishment date 1992
Ministry Ministry of Health
minister Chris Hipkins
since July 2, 2020
Employee 1 017
As of June 30, 2017
budget NZ $ 61.150 million
as of June 30, 2017
Website : www.health.govt.nz
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The Ministry of Health , in Māori Manatū Hauora , is a ministry and Public Service Department in New Zealand that is responsible for the country's health policy.

history

The forerunner of the Ministry of Health was the Department of Public Health , whose legal basis was created on October 13, 1900 with the Public Health Act 1900 and the Department was founded the following year. Previously, the Board of Health dealt with health issues. Responsibility for the Māori concerns regarding their health was not transferred to the Department of Public Health until 1906.

In 1922 the department was renamed the Department of Health and was only given the status of a ministry in 1992 through restructuring and renaming to the Ministry of Health . The role of the Ministry of Health in overseeing public health was laid down in the Health Act 1956 .

minister

Chris Hipkins of the New Zealand Labor Party has been Minister of Health for the ministry since July 2, 2020 . He replaced his party colleague David Clark , who took a trip to the beach during the lockdown in the Corona crisis and did not adhere to the restrictions imposed by the government.

tasks and goals

The aim of the ministry is defined as promoting and protecting the health and well-being of the people of New Zealand. This results in the following generally defined tasks:

  • leading the New Zealand health and disability system,
  • advising the Minister of Health and the government on health and disability issues
  • purchasing direct from a range of national health and disability support services,
  • providing health information and payment services for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

To this end, the ministry works with all other ministries and public service agencies in the country.

literature

  • Ministry of Health (Ed.): Annual Report . for the year ended June 30, 2017 Ministry of Health . Wellington 2017, ISBN 978-1-988539-04-1 (English, online [PDF; 5.7 MB ; accessed on July 21, 2020]).

Web links

  • Homepage . Ministry of Health,accessed July 21, 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual Report . 2017, p.  141 .
  2. ↑ Annual Report . 2017, p.  82 .
  3. ^ New Zealand Government (Ed.): Public Health . Wellington 1900 (English, online [PDF; 3.6  MB ; accessed on July 21, 2020]).
  4. ^ Ministry of Health (ed.): Chronology of the New Zealand Health System 1840 to 2017 . Wellington September 6, 2017 (English, Online [PDF; 195  kB ; accessed on July 21, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Kerryn Pollock : Public health . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , July 7, 2019, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Hon. Chris Hipkins . New Zealand Parliament , July 2, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Derek Cheng : 'Unhelpful distraction': Health Minister David Clark resigns . In: New Zealand Herald . NZME. Publishing , July 2, 2020, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
  8. ↑ What we do . Ministry of Health , May 30, 2019, accessed July 21, 2020 .